Anchorage for tug-rails.



R. KOSS.

ANCHORAGE FOR TUG RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1913.

1, 178,242 Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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RICHARD KOSS, 0F M'I L TNSTER, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO SIEMENS-SCHUGKERT WERKE, G. M. B. 1-1., OF BERLIN, GERMANY, A. C(JR-POR-ATION OF GERMANY.

ANCHORAGE FOR [PUG-RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. a, rare.

Application filed January 27, 1913. Serial No.744,493.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD Koss, a citizen of the German Empire, and residing at Miinster, Westphalia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Anchorage for Tug-Rails, of which the following is a true description.

The invention relates toan anchorage for rails along which tugs advance by means of motor-driven friction-pulleys, which are raised between these pulleys and dropped again after their passage between said pulleys.

According to the invention the rail are pivoted to the upwardly bent end of a bar, the other end of which is pivotally attached to the ground of the riveror canal-bed or sea. The bar prevents sidewise movement of the tug, and its pivotal attachment to the ground 01": the water-course permits the elevation of the rail not only up to the height of the frictionpulleys of the boat but also above the level of the water so that the rail can be examined and repaired in the event of necessity.

An anchorage according to this invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which it is shown in a front-view.

In the example of construction represented on the drawing; the friction-pulleys b, which are driven from the tug are carried by the latter by means of supports a fixed to its bottom and roll along the rail 0. The latter is pivotally joined to the upwardly bent end Z of the bar '5 in such a manner that it can have slight transverse and longllillfilll'ltll movements, this movable connectlon belng realized for example by providing two articulations the axes d and e n of which are perpendicular to each other. These articulations can be fitted with abutments in order to limit the movements or inclinations of the rail. The end of the bar 27 is attached to the eye f of the anchoring pile g, which is held in the ground of the water-course for instance by means of a con- Crete-block 7a. In order to prevent the entering of the bars into the ground, the same may rest upon plates or sleepers it.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

An anchorage for rails, along which tugs advance by means of driven friction-pulleys consisting of a plurality of bars supporting the said rails and Divotally attached to the same with their upwardly bent ends, '01": holding ground-piles articulated to the other ends of said bars and of abutment-plates established on the ground serving to prevent the rail-supporting-bars from entering into the bed-ground.

In testimonv whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD KOSS. [L. lVitnesses ALBERT Norma, JULIUS FESTN ER.

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